Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition

2020-08-16 Thread behmen
I've been thinking perhaps splurging on a really big SD card, then doing some  
of the things mentioned in Calher's thread like offline Wiki,Books,Music,TED  
talks etc.. whatever reasonably fits. Keeping the phone offline mode  
--generally-- and switching it on when I need to make calls, but this  
strategy might fail because people will not be able to reach me. I'm not too  
keen on this.


Geolocation + Call records + Internet history are the only attack vectors  
from the government I can see for an active SIM pinephone. I suppose VPN or  
tor use could mitigate the internet logging and DNS records kept. Since  
3-point triangulation is how other phones communicate with yours I don't see  
any way of avoiding geolocation vector without burners. Call records could be  
mitigated by using an encrypted online-call system, all free of course.


About what you said on threat models, I realize that the Gov is inevitable  
because they not only have the resources but also they have the willpower and  
very many attack vectors including cell + internet companies but also google  
and apple and perhaps so many more, so preventing government tracking  
completely would be to go offline permanently. I don't wish to do this but I  
have been thinking of continuing to carry my iPhone without a sim, connecting  
to a wifi hotspot from the pinephone. Only for circumstances in which I would  
require non-free stuff. That way anything that the iPhone wants to  
communicate out-- can get caught in a firewall on the pinephone.


I'm also a pragmatist in that, if in a moment I need a working phone in  
haste, I would not hesitate to swap out the sim from the pinephone to donate  
to the iPhone or any iphone nearby really. I'm thinking in the event that it  
crashes.


Any suggestions? I already ordered one :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition

2020-08-16 Thread andyprough
I usually keep a secret one-man nuclear submarine. 


Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition

2020-08-16 Thread mason
> I'm hoping that with a set of peripherals (screen, mouse, keyboard) it will  
be able to replace my ancient netbook as my work computer


Dont get your hopes up.  Pine64 kept the cost of the device down in part by  
not going with a faster computer than they needed.  It's good enough for  
simple things like SMS, but don't expect to get any serious work done on it.   
It probably will not perform better than your netbook, and certainly not  
better than your X60.


> That said, I'm also considering turning off the cell modem in the PinePhone  
and using it as a small tablet, and keeping one of the Androids for cell  
calls and texts. Since the cell modem is a proprietary black box by law,  
those comms are inherently compromised, and it seems a shame to have the  
nonfree cell modem software in the PinePhone running when I don't need to.


What is your threat model?  For an average threat model, the attack vector  
allowed by using the modem is that your cell carrier can track your location  
and metadata for your phone calls and texts, and that your government can  
probably get that information from the carrier pretty easily if they want to  
(I'm not familiar with the laws in NZ, but in the US the govt doesn't even  
need a warrant to do this).  This will be the same whether your use the  
Pinephone's modem or the Android device's modem.  However, adding an Android  
device into adds an additional attack vector: now Google gets has all that  
information too, plus a little bit more, which an additional govt (USA) will  
have pretty easy access too.


Are any of your Android devices supported by any ungoogled Android ROMS?   
GrapheneOS is the best, but supports very few devices.  That would make those  
devices a better option, more secure overall than the Pinephone, although in  
terms of location tracking, Pinephone has the advantage that you can use the  
hardware switch to disable the modem sometimes, so you can have a little more  
granularity in how you handle the privacy/convenience tradeoff of giving away  
your location in order to access cell towers.


[Trisquel-users] Re : Systemd kde-config from synaptic

2020-08-16 Thread lcerf

I will try but , probably core system it s too much for me.

The most high-level program in a minimal NetInstall must be apt!

And aplications like abrowser are not in the repositories by default I guess.

They are.  All packages are in the repository.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone know what happened to boba?

2020-08-16 Thread msuzuqi
Yuri also smells. Be careful if you are going to seduce her. After summoning  
Sandayuu-kun, blindfolding and putting headphones to her ears and leave her  
on the bed after took some photos would be best.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition

2020-08-16 Thread strypey
I have ordered the PostmarketOS Convergence community edition too. I'm pretty  
confident that after getting feedback on both the Braveheart and the Ubuntu  
Touch community edition, the hardware is ready to roll. I don't mind watching  
the software grow and improve over time, in fact I enjoy it.


I'm hoping that with a set of peripherals (screen, mouse, keyboard) it will  
be able to replace my ancient netbook as my work computer, as well as  
replacing my various old Androids for most purposes. That said, I'm also  
considering turning off the cell modem in the PinePhone and using it as a  
small tablet, and keeping one of the Androids for cell calls and texts. Since  
the cell modem is a proprietary black box by law, those comms are inherently  
compromised, and it seems a shame to have the nonfree cell modem software in  
the PinePhone running when I don't need to.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona

2020-08-16 Thread strypey

Great stuff rakubx, thanks :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Systemd kde-config from synaptic

2020-08-16 Thread enduzzer
You can install the GUI parts bit by bit starting from xorg, openbox or  
twm/fvwm. It can be very basic or oldschool if you wish. Just like it was 30  
years ago when X had to be launched 'startx' (make your own .xsession or  
.xinitrc files).


You can read Arch wiki for guidance. It's not much different and the  
instructions are pretty good.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Systemd kde-config from synaptic

2020-08-16 Thread forum3434
OK thank you . I will try but , probably core system it s too much for me.  
And aplications like abrowser are not in the repositories by default I guess.




Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone know what happened to boba?

2020-08-16 Thread strypey

Anyone know if this list being actively maintained?
https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems


Re: [Trisquel-users] Using USB 3 to Speed Up A Slow Hard Disk

2020-08-16 Thread davidpgil
After you brought up that the hard disk companies have largly merged up, I  
looked into it. Things have changed quite a lot in the last time I bothered  
with buying a hard disk for installation. I did not realize things have  
consolidated so much...


Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre/Open Source Firmware M.2 Wifi Card?

2020-08-16 Thread davidpgil
I totally agree about not wanting to stay at a novice level. Normally I like  
experimenting! I just don't want to experiment with this particular thing too  
much until I have swapped out an M.2 card myself. I have never ever used M.2  
before. What you are witnessing with my recent questions on this forum is me  
taking my knowledge of computers and PCs from ~2004 (when I last tinkered  
with a PC) to to 2020. I have already spent  on building a "retro PC" and  
am now building a "~2010" PC and as a result of this experiementation I  
decided to go ahead and upgrade my laptop which recently had a major failure.  
I just thought I would add some context to my questioning.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre/Open Source Firmware M.2 Wifi Card?

2020-08-16 Thread xliang9550
One can avoid experimenting this way. But one also avoids obtaining knowledge  
and/or improving skill. A novice will always be a novice.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre/Open Source Firmware M.2 Wifi Card?

2020-08-16 Thread publiclewdness
I would go with one from Think penguin if they have one that is the right  
size for you. They cost more but are actually tested with Trisquel where many  
places don't so if you want to "avoid experimenting" they would be a great  
option.


https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux